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Deluxe Eddard Stark Action Figure

Threezero just revealed its latest Game of Thrones figure—Eddard Stark You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Kingdom Hearts II Roxas And Sora Action Figures

Check out new photographs of the Play-Arts Kai Kingdom Hearts II Roxas and Sora action figures: Via Facebook You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Destiny Arcadia-Class Jumpship In Lego

Destiny’s Arcadia-class jumpship made out of Lego by Gareth Martin: Can you guess which games these Lego dioramas are based on? Previously: You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Minecraft On Xbox One, Out This Friday, Has A Cool $5 Upgrade Program

First announcedlast year, Minecraft is making its way to the Xbox One this Friday. And because you’ve probably played it on at least one system before, Microsoft and Mojang have an interesting proposition. It’ll be $20 as a fresh download, but as a special offer anyone who already owns the Xbox 360 version of the…

3D-printed Hotline Miami figurine by fpresedo You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

What Caused A Riot At The Gearbox Panel?

A short story courtesy of Cards Against Humanity: You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Swordfighting, As You See It In The Movies, Is A Lie

The kind of swordfighting you see in movies and TV shows, where everything is graceful and balletic and entertaining, is fiction. Nobody ever fought like that. The real thing was messy Back to the Source is a documentary that’s going to look into the revival of traditional European martial arts, specifically the art of clanging…

Piracy Killed The Dreamcast, Piracy Saved The Dreamcast

Marketing, timing and the PS2 all played a big part, but one of the other reasons cited in the untimely demise of the Dreamcast was the ease with which games could be pirated. That may be, but as Michael Gapper reminds us, it was also one of the best things about the system. And I…

Goodbye, PS3, It Was A Fun Seven Years

Last year was a sad year. Sure, I got some new consoles and handhelds, which is always fun, but I also said goodbye to my Wii, my Xbox 360 and my Nintendo DS, all replaced by newer, more expensive machines. Lots of good memories there, lots of good times to say goodbye to. My PS3,…

Golden Snitch engagement ring box by Paul Pape You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.

Two Video Villains Team Up Against The Amazing Spider-Man 2

In the spirit of the Sinister Six or possibly that Marvel event where all the villains swapped heroes,Screen Junkies and Cinema Sins have teamed up to deliver a one-two Everything Wrong With/Honest Trailer punch to The Amazing Spider-Man 2, with a twist! This time around Screen Junkies handles the Everything Wrong With video, while the…

Enemies In Super Smash Bros. Sure Love Killing Themselves

When people think Smash Bros., they think multiplayer—people huddled around a TV, furiously pressing Gamecube controller buttons as characters like Fox and Marth dart across the screen. But playing against the computer can be plenty entertaining, too. You may know Omega Tyrant as the person behind the video where Luigi wins Smash matches by doing…

My First Few Hours With The Sims 4

The Sims 4 came out today. We here at Kotaku haven’t had enough time with the game to give it a proper review, but I still wanted to pull myself away from obsessively tinkering with my new virtual ant farm to put some thoughts in writing. What follows is a list of some of my…

Let’s Talk About Triggers and Grips For Your Controllers and Consoles

A few pieces of plastic can vastly improve the ergonomics and battery life of your controllers and portables. Eons ago during the Playstation 3 era, affixing frequently sub-$3 plastic caps to your DualShock 3’s marshmallow-y L2 and R2 buttons was basically enough to fix the most nagging complaint with that particular controller. When I got…

I’m Falling In Love With Long Video Games Again

I used to be really into the perfect “five-hour” game. These weren’t necessarily games that took five hours to complete, but it was always somewhere around that length of time that made it feel like the right amount of enjoyment without overstaying its welcome. I’m talking about games like the original Portal or even experiences…

I Wish Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright Was Better

If Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright were a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, it’d be one of those sandwiches where the peanut butter is all shoved to one side and the jelly congeals on the other, so when you take a bite you can taste either peanut butter or jelly. Those occasional bites where the…

​Hell Is Like a Disney Musical In Saints Row IV‘s Expansion

Last time out, the Saints Row series went crotch-first into superhero sci-fi territory. Now, its newest expansion Gat Out of Hell is going the occult horror route. But the game’s creative director Steve Jaros says you don’t to worry about them “shitting out variants” to the open-world franchise. I spoke with Jaros last week after…

Here’s where that scream sample comes from

I found it by reading YouTube comments 🙁

Oh Good, The Sims 4 Has Demon Babies

The Sims 4 might not have toddlers, but judging from the first crop of glitches people are finding, maybe that’s not such a bad thing. You see, when you have a baby in The Sims 4, sometimes the little tykes don’t always look…human. Some people are experiencing a weird glitch where babies come out deformed,…

​Arcades In Movies Were Glorious

Ah yes…the old arcades of the 80s and 90s. You may not remember them, but they were wondrous things to behold. And they were even more glorious in the movies! The folks at the Huffington Post have created a supercut of the arcades and video games of yesteryear in old movies. It really does make…